Protective coatings for metals



i Patented Nov. 11, 1947 2,430,846 7 PROTECTIVE COATINGS FOR METALS John D. Morgan, South Orange, N. J 'assignor to Cities Service Oil Company, New York, N. Y., a corporation of Pennsylvania No Drawing. Application March 16, 1944, Serial No. 526,814

The present invention relates to improvements in protective coatings for metals sometimes called 3 Claims. (Cl. 106-14) l "slushing compounds, and the protection of metals against corrosion and atmospheric weathering. More particularly, the invention relates to improved coatings for metals which include a novel combination of wax, soap and anti-rust inhibitor which is preferably applied to the metal to be protected by spraying on while hot.

Certain soaps, such as soda and lime soaps, have been used in mineral oils as coating compounds.

Paraflln wax and petrolatum have been'used in other mixtures with mineral oils for metal coatings. Oil soluble corrosion inhibitors suchassodium dichromate and certain other inorganic inhibitors have been used in slushes to prevent mineral oils or other thinning agents. Thezcoating composition is advantageously made up as it is to be used since it is sprayed onto the metal to be protected at approximately the temperature employed in making up the composition, This provides a, fresh thoroughly active compound which gives very excellent protection. However, theecompound may be packed and shipp d and reheated for spraying with no adverse effects or changes inthe composition.

' The proportions of ingredients used in the foregoing example may be varied to some extent. as for underfilmcorrosion. Where 'soaps have been used in-the past in so-called protective grease coatings, it has been necessary as iarasknown to apply them by handto the metal to be coated.

The heavier greases must be applied by hand.

According to the present invention, the im proved protective coating for metals comprises a wax as a base stock of which the coating is largely composed, from 3% .to about 0! one or more metallic soapswhich are preferably water-resistant, and a specialtype oi anti-rust inhibitor preferably'made up 01' two separate organic compounds. The invention may be illustrated by reference to the following example of a preferred coating in which the percentages given are in percent by weight.

Example Per cent Paraflln wax (melting point 124 to 126 F.) 87

Lithium steal- 10 Aluminum stearate. 2 Anti-rust inhibitor 1 The anti-rust inhibitor is preferably a mixture of about equal partsloi an amine such as dodecyl amine and isoamyl-octyl-hydrogen orthophosphate. The metal coating composition may be prepared by heating. the paraflln wax to a temperature of from 300 to 400 F., adding and thoroughly mixing therein the aluminum steal-ate example, the lithium stearate or otherlithium soap may vary from about 3% to about 12% and thealuminum stearate may vary from about 0.5%

to about 3%. The proportion of inhibitor mixture 0 will depend upon the organic compounds used,

but may; vary fr0m'0.5% to about 2%.

whilel paraflin waxes of various melting points are preferred for the base stock of the improved metal coating, other waxes either animal, vegetable, or mineral, may be used alone or along with paraffin wax. Melting points of the wax or waxes used may vary'IromapproximateIy 50? F. up to 25245053; Examples of waxes otherthan parafiln I i'w'axare; carnauba, beeswax, Chinese wax, Japan vegetable wax, myrtle wax, ozokeritejspermaceti wax. The coating compositionis preie'rably'made with 'a lithium soap, which has been fouiid to be highly water-resistant and effective against atmospheric corrosion. 'However, other metal soaps may be used such as lead, barium and aluminum, and they may be salts of stearic; oleic.

' palmitlc and wax acids. These soaps have substantial water-resistant. characteristics and give very good protection against outdoor weathering conditions. For some purposes sodium andcalcium soaps of the above-mentioned acidsmay be 1 used, but are the least desirable of the'soaps rewhich aids in the dispersion of the lithium stearate which is later added, preferably in small proportions at a'time. Finally, the inhibitor is added to the mixture and thoroughly incorporated. The

preferred temperature is about 400 F. which is a suitable temperature to have the composition forspraying On metal parts to be protected.- ,The i an 'aminewith wax acids. The wax acids or'wax acid, is usually a mixture of organic acids made by the controlled. oxidation of parafiln wax. The

composition of this example had a melting point of about 295 F. and is used without thinning with ferred to. The preferred composition contains either a lithium soap of one of the above-mentioned acids, or both a lithium soap and an aluminum soap. The lithium soap makes a very flexible resistant coating and has. the effect of changing the wax base stocks so that they lose their crystalline structure. Some or the other soaps such as lead,.barium and aluminum soaps; 7 also had this effect to'a substantial degree.

According to the present invention, the antirust inhibitor is preferablya mixture of a rather high molecular weight amine and, an organic h ester of an acid phosphate, or a mixture of such preferred wax acids have a neutralization number of 29 to 31.5. The preferred anti-rust inhibitors comprise about equal parts of isoamyling metal surfaces, comprising approximately 87% by weight of paramn wax, approximately by weight of lithium stearate, approxi- .mately 2% by weight of aluminum stearate, and

approximately 1% by weight of an anti-rust agent selected from the group of mixtures consisting of dodecyl amine and isoamyl-octyl-hydrogen phosphate, tetradecyl amine and isoamylcompound of the present invention may be used for coating variolm parts of machinery such as gears, cylinders, etc. or may be used for coating, bearings, replacement parts, and metals to be rolled, out or drawn. The compounds of the present invention are stable, are not oxidized by the air to become gummy and generate acids which would corrode the metals to be protected. From the foregoing description of the invention, it will be apparent that certain modifications may be made and that the compositions have many advantages which are not enumerated.

Having described the invention in its preferred form what is claimed as new is;

1. A protective coating composition for coating metal surfaces, comprising a base stock consisting essentially of a wax, from about 3% to about by Weight of lithium soap and a metal soap selected from the group consisting of soaps of lead, barium and aluminum, to cause the wax to lose its crystalline structure, and about 0.5 to about 2% by weight of an anti-rust agent selected from the group of mixtures-consisting of dodecyl amine and isoamyl-octyl-hydrogen phosphate, tetradecyl amine and isoamyl-octylhydrogen phosphate, and hexadecyl amine and isoamyl-octybhydrogen phosphate.

2. A protective coating composition for coatoctyl-hydrogen phosphate, and hexadecyl amine and isoamyl-octyl-hydrogen phosphate.

3. A protective coating composition for coating metal surfaces, comprising from about 3% to about 12% by weight of a lithium soap, from about 0.5% to about 3% by weight of an alumi-- num soap, about,1% by weight of an anti-rust agent selected from the group of mixtures of dodecyl amine and isoamyl-octyl-hydrogen phosphate, tetradecyl amine and isoamyl-octyl-hydrogen phosphate and hexadecyl amine and isoamyl-octyl-hydrogen phosphate, the remainder of the composition being essentially parafiin wax.

JOHN D. MORGAN.

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